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Commodore 64 Databar OSCAR Barcode Software

by: Databar

Publication date: 1983

Topics: Databar Corporation, OSCAR, bar code reader, barcode reader, C64, Commodore 64

Language: English

The software in the attached .d64 disk image is from "Databar - The Monthly Bar Code Software Magazine" which was published in 1983, and turned out to only have one issue published, so it wasn't very monthly after all.

These programs were to be scanned in from barcodes using a special barcode reader that attached to the Commodore 64 computer.

Only 9 C64 programs were ever published in this format, and they are all here. Also included in the ZIP file is the raw output of each barcode file.

You can see the original articles with barcodes here: Databar - The Monthly Bar Code Software Magazine Commodore edition

Editions were also published for the Atari 8-bit and TI 99/4A.

Thanks to @doegox on Twitter for writing the python script to decode the barcodes without the scanner, @travisgoodspeed for the PoC||GTFO 'zine, which was instrumental in bringing the pieces together. And @paulrickards for converting the files into a .d64 virtual disk.

For more background on the format, see wiki.yobi.be/wiki/Databar_decoding and github.com/doegox/Oscar

Interviews with folks from Databar will be published in soon ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Podcast. www.AtariPodcast.com

Kevin Savetz

December 7 2017

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